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computing
1. n. (literally) The process or act of calculation.
2. n. The use of a computer or computers.
3. n. The study, field of computers and computer programming.
This course will cover several major fields of computing.
4. v. present participle of compute
5. v. topics, en, Computing
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
amount
1. n. The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis.
2. n. A quantity or volume.
Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
The dogs need different amounts of food.
3. n. (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
4. v. (intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.
It amounts to three dollars and change.
5. v. (intransitive, followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to.
He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
His response amounted to gross insubordination
6. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go up; to ascend.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
hard
1. adj. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
2. adj. Resistant to pressure.
This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it.
3. adj. (of drink or drugs) Strong.
4. adj. (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
5. adj. (physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare sof
6. adj. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
7. adj. Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand.
a hard problem
8. adj. Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
a hard life
9. adj. Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character
don't be so hard on yourself
10. adj. (dated) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
11. adj. Unquestionable.
hard evidence
12. adj. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left.
13. adj. (slang) Sexually aroused.
I got so hard watching two hot guys wrestle each other on the beach.
14. adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
15. adj. phonetics, uncomparable
16. adj. Plosive.
There is a hard c in "clock" and a soft c in "centre".
17. adj. Unvoiced
Hard k, t, s, ch, as distinguished from soft, g, d, z, j.
18. adj. Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized
The letter m - ru in Russian is always hard.
19. adj. (arts) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
20. adj. Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
21. adj. Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
22. adj. (uncomparable) In the form of a hard copy.
We need both a digital archive and a hard archive.
23. adv. (manner) With much force or effort.
He hit the puck hard up the ice.
They worked hard all week.
At the intersection, bear hard left.
The recession hit them especially hard.
Think hard about your choices.
24. adv. (manner) With difficulty.
His degree was hard earned.
The vehicle moves hard.
25. adv. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
26. adv. (manner) Compactly.
The lake had finally frozen hard.
27. adv. (now archaic) Near, close.
28. n. (nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
29. n. (drugs, colloquial, slang) crack cocaine.
30. n. (motorsports) (ellipsis of hard tyre) (A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.)
drive
1. n. Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition.
Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.
2. n. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
3. n. An act of driving animals forward, such as to be captured, hunted etc.
4. n. (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.
5. n. A motor that does not take fuel, but instead depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for subsequent use.
Some old model trains have clockwork drives.
6. n. A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
It was a long drive.
7. n. A driveway.
The mansion had a long, tree-lined drive.
8. n. A type of public roadway.
Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive.
9. n. (dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
10. n. (psychology) Desire or interest.
11. n. (computing) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk, as a floppy drive.
12. n. (computing) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data, as a hard drive, a flash drive.
13. n. (golf) A stroke made with a driver.
14. n. (baseball, tennis) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
15. n. (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
16. n. (soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
17. n. (American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
18. n. A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
a whist drive; a beetle drive
19. n. (typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
20. n. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
21. v. To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
to drive sheep out of a field
22. v. (transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
23. v. To cause animals to flee out of.
24. v. To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
You drive nails into wood with a hammer.
25. v. To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
The pistons drive the crankshaft.
26. v. (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
drive a car
27. v. To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
What drives a person to run a marathon?
28. v. To compel (to do something).
Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.
29. v. To cause to become.
This constant complaining is going to drive me to insanity. You are driving me crazy!
30. v. (intransitive, cricket, tennis, baseball) To hit the ball with a drive.
31. v. (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
I drive to work every day.
32. v. To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
My wife drove me to the airport.
33. v. (intransitive) To move forcefully.
34. v. (intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
35. v. To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
36. v. To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
37. v. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
38. v. (mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
39. v. (American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
40. v. (obsolete) To distrain for rent.
41. v. To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
space
1. n. Of time.:
2. n. (now rare, archaic) Free time; leisure, opportunity.
3. n. A specific (specified) period of time.
4. n. An undefined period of time (without qualifier, especially a short period); a while.
5. n. Unlimited or generalized physical extent.:
6. n. Distance between things.
7. n. Physical extent across two or three dimensions; area, volume (sometimes for or to do something).
8. n. Physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of th
9. n. The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere.
10. n. The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom.
11. n. A bounded or specific physical extent.:
12. n. A (chiefly empty) area or volume with set limits or boundaries.
13. n. (music) A position on the staff or stave bounded by lines.
14. n. A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap.
15. n. (metal type) A piece of metal type used to separate words, cast lower than other type so as not to take ink, especially one that is narrower than one e
16. n. A gap; an empty place.
17. n. (geometry) A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates.
18. n. (mathematics) A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these me
Functional analysis is best approached through a sound knowledge of Hilbert space theory.
19. n. (figuratively) A marketplace for goods or services.
innovation in the browser space
20. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To roam, walk, wander.
21. v. To set some distance apart.
Faye had spaced the pots at 8-inch intervals on the windowsill.
The cities are evenly spaced.
22. v. To insert or utilise spaces in a written text.
This paragraph seems badly spaced.
23. v. (transitive, science fiction) To eject into outer space, usually without a space suit.
The captain spaced the traitors.
24. v. (intransitive, science fiction) To travel into and through outer space.
required
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of require
2. adj. Necessary; obligatory; mandatory.
require
1. v. (obsolete) To ask (someone) for something; to request.
2. v. To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.
3. v. Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
4. v. To demand of (someone) to do something.
for
1. conj. (dated) Because.
2. prep. Towards.
The astronauts headed for the moon.
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
I have something for you.
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
We're having a birthday party for Janet.
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
5. prep. Supporting.
All those for the motion raise your hands.
6. prep. Because of.
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
She was the worse for drink.
7. prep. Over a period of time.
I've lived here for three years.
They fought for days over a silly pencil.
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
9. prep. On behalf of.
I will stand in for him.
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
He's going for his doctorate.
Do you want to go for coffee?
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
Can you go to the store for some eggs?
I'm saving up for a car.
Don't wait for an answer.
What did he ask you for?
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
Run for the hills!
He was headed for the door when he remembered.
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
Fair for its day.
She's spry for an old lady.
14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
18. prep. To be, or as being.
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
program
1. n. A set of structured activities.
Our program for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
2. n. A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.
3. n. (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.
4. n. (computing) A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.
5. n. (especially, in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
6. v. To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.
7. v. To develop (software) by writing program code.
I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
8. v. To put together the schedule of an event.
Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
9. v. To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.

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